$125 No-Limit Hold'em Reentry
Day 1f Completed
2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$125 No-Limit Hold'em Reentry
Day: 1f
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Buy-in
$125
Prize Pool
$43,320
Entries
456
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
David Battaglia Leads 16 Flight Six Survivors, 58 of 456 Total Through To Day 2
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Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
The last of six starting flights for the The 2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam $125 No-Limit Hold'em Reentry event drew 133 entries inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino Wednesday.
That made it 456 entries total, creating a guarantee-smashing $43,320 prizepool that will pay the top 45 finishers.
Although it's not official yet, it looks like the first-place prize will be $10,320.
With 17:03 left in Level 13 they reached 16 players remaining, representing 12 percent of the field, and play was halted. That means a total of 58 players will return to contest Day 2 Thursday.
Play will resume at 12 p.m. local time and begin with just about 10 minutes left in Level 11, the earliest stopping time recorded in six flights.
David Battaglia turned kings into the nut flush in a more than 150,000-chip pot to grab the flight chip lead. However, even Seneca's most consitent will be looking up at clubhouse leader and local legend Jason Nablo when play resumes Thursday.
Once again, Day 2 goes off at 12 p.m. and the money bubble should burst rather quickly. They will ultimately play down to a winner with some big money up top so keep it locked on PokerNews to follow all the action.
End of Flight Six Counts (full)
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
174,600 | 112,600 |
|
153,500 | 78,500 |
|
142,300 | 37,300 |
|
132,200 | 12,200 |
|
110,500 | 38,500 |
|
87,300 | 17,300 |
|
80,000 | 41,000 |
|
|
74,300 | 4,300 |
|
57,000 | |
|
52,700 | |
|
|
48,400 | -19,600 |
|
|
48,200 | |
|
47,800 | -34,200 |
|
|
46,300 | |
|
42,900 | -12,100 |
|
|
32,100 |
Down To 16, Done
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Grand Island, NY's Ken Schultz got the double knock out, getting there with 
versus Blake Napeirala's nines and another player's sevens.
They were suddenly down to 17 when Jason Sardo busted and play was halted for the flight. The remaining 16 players are all through to Day 2.
Chip counts and a recap will follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Old Man Take A Look At My Life
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
At 67 years old, Cleveland, OH's Mike Kennedy figures he must be the oldest guy left in the tournament at this point.
It's hard to say for sure. In fact, the only thing we can say for sure, is that he's put together the biggest stack in this flight so far.
Kennedy is sitting on six figures right now and even at his age, he doesn't seem too concerned about how late play may go.
That's because he's parked the brand new camper van he drove up from Ohio in the lot outside and won't have far to go to get to bed.
Mike drove up to play the entire 2017 Seneca Niagara Summer Slam series this week and is looking forward to a deep run here to cover the costs and more. In fact, he bought that camper van to travel around to tournament series across the country and make it pay.
He's already had the experience of playing in the World Series of Poker and is looking forward to hitting the road to see what the rest of the country's poker scene has to offer.
So why does he figure he's the oldest one left in the event?
"I'm always the oldest player left," he said with a wink and a smile.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 | 30,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
The Leaders
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Here's how the leaders look heading into the final break of the night with 27 remaining:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
75,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
75,000 | |
|
|
72,000 | |
|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
68,000 | |
|
|
62,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
55,000 | -3,500 |
|
|
50,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
39,000 | 5,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
The Money Matters
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
With 456 entries in this event, a $43,320 prizepool was created that will pay the top 45 finishers.
Although it's not official yet, it looks like the first-place prize will be $10,320, an amazing figure considering the $125 buy in.
So far, 42 players are through to Thursday's second and final day. Any survivors from this flight will join them as well and it appears they will start play just shy of the money bubble.